US20190362281A1 - Injury risk factor identification, prediction, and mitigation - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to a method for identifying critical risk factors and in particular to a method and associated system for identifying and managing critical risk factors impacting workplace health and safety.
- Determining workplace safety issues typically includes an inaccurate process with little flexibility. Resolving safety issues may include a complicated process that may be time consuming and require a large amount of resources. A typical safety monitoring process may not take into account all related factors and therefore is unable to execute appropriate corrective actions. Accordingly, there exists a need in the art to overcome at least some of the deficiencies and limitations described herein above.
- a first aspect of the invention provides a workplace risk factor identification method comprising: monitoring, by a computer processor of a centralized server via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor based the injury risk mitigating actions, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions.
- a second aspect of the invention provides a centralized server comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, the memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a workplace risk factor identification method comprising: monitoring, by the computer processor via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor based the injury risk mitigating actions, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized
- a third aspect of the invention provides a computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a centralized server implements a workplace risk factor identification method, the method comprising: monitoring, by the computer processor via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor
- the present invention advantageously provides a simple method and associated system capable of determining workplace safety issues.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a workplace risk factor identification system for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by the predictive engine module of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by the prescriptive engine module of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 4A illustrates a first GUI interface output enabled by the predictive engine module of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B illustrates a second GUI interface output enabled by the predictive engine module of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A illustrates a first GUI interface output enabled by the prescriptive engine module of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 5B illustrates a second GUI interface output enabled by the prescriptive engine module of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled by the system of FIG. 1 for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system used by or comprised by the system of FIG. 1 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a workplace risk factor identification system 100 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- System 100 comprises components enabling a process that includes active monitoring and recording of: workplace injury events, a type of injury, a demographic profile of individuals involved with the injury, and associated productivity loss/costs.
- System 100 additionally predicts future injury events/risks including, inter alia, a timing of an injury, an injury type, a work location, propensity scores, and associated demographics using a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytical model that combines multiple time series and clustering models each generated in a different scale in space and time.
- System 100 uses the predicted risks to prescribe an investment budget for mitigating predicted injury risks via usage of a cost of injury model.
- System 100 additionally enables an end user 114 to manage workplace risks via an interactive spatio-temporal visualization engine feeding directly into an associated mobile device.
- System 100 of FIG. 1 includes data warehouse system 102 connected through a network 7 to an analytical computing system 104 and a user interface system 108 .
- data warehouse system 102 may comprise (internally) or be connected to a monitor system 109 comprising multiple differing sensors.
- Each of data warehouse system 102 , analytical computing system 104 , monitor system 109 , and user interface system 108 may comprise or be comprised by an embedded controller.
- An embedded controller is defined herein as a computer comprising a dedicated functionality that enables various system tasks that an operating system does not handle.
- An embedded controller may include specific internal dedicated hardware such as a microcontroller (a CPU comprising integrated memory and peripherals), internal integrated sensors, (i.e., dedicated monitoring hardware), and internal integrated GPS hardware.
- an embedded controller may include its own RAM and flash ROM for its own internal software.
- Each of data warehouse system 102 , analytical computing system 104 , monitor system, and user interface system 108 may include a CPU, dedicated monitoring hardware, and a memory system.
- the memory system 8 may include a single memory system. Alternatively, the memory system may include a plurality of memory systems.
- Network 7 may include any type of network including, inter alia, a local area network, (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, a wireless network, etc.
- Monitor system 109 comprises sensors for monitoring workplace injury events.
- the workplace injury events may be monitored via a plurality of sensing devices including, inter alia, RFID sensors for identification, video camera based sensors for automatically recording the workplace injury events (for performing a root cause analysis), and mobile device type sensors for near real time reporting of the injury events. All monitored or reported workplace injury events are stored in a data warehouse 102 (e.g., a centralized server) for further analysis with respect to tagging events that resulted in loss time.
- Workplace injury events may include, inter alia, body stressing related injuries, traffic accident related injuries, hitting objects with a part of the body related injuries, illness/medical condition related injuries, biological factor related injuries, mental stress related injuries, fall related injuries, ergonomic related injuries, chemical related injuries, heat related injuries, etc.
- the workplace injury events may be associated or correlated with employee demographics, a location of a workplace, activities at a workplace, etc.
- Data ware house 102 stores all data related to time and type of incident, demographics of the employee, loss time, SME review report of the incident, etc.
- Analytical computing system 104 comprises an analytical engine 107 comprising a predictive engine module 107 a and a prescriptive engine module 107 b .
- Predictive engine module 107 a enables a process for predicting future workplace injury events by analyzing historic injury event data stored in data warehouse 102 .
- the historic injury event data is ingested by a centralized processing unit (of analytical computing system 104 ) and predictive engine module 107 a is executed to create a prediction with respect to an occurrence of future workplace injury events.
- the predicted future workplace injury events are sorted based on: a time of occurrence, a location and frequency of an occurrence, demographics of the employee with respect to being prone to workplace injury events, and a severity of workplace injury events.
- Prescriptive engine module 107 b is enabled to prescribe injury risk mitigation actions.
- the predicted and sorted future workplace injury events (i.e., generated and sorted by predictive engine module 107 a ) comprise an input to prescriptive engine module 107 b .
- Prescriptive engine module 107 b generates as an output: incident risk resolution options, a cost of resolution option, and an expected gain in terms of cost savings from a reduced incident rate.
- a workplace supervisor may navigate (via user interface system 108 and/or a mobile device) existing risk resolution steps requiring attention. Additionally, workplace supervisor may prioritize existing risk resolution steps comprising a highest impact.
- system 100 comprises an optimization system for generating a cost optimized risk resolution plan based on a predicted incidents frequency and a severity and the cost of a resolution.
- User interface system 108 comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays all resulting output from predictive engine module 107 a and prescriptive engine module 107 b.
- GUI graphical user interface
- FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by predictive engine module 107 a of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- the process flow detailed with respect to FIG. 2 retrieves historical injury event data 202 recorded in a centralized system.
- a centralized processing unit ingests historic injury event data 202 to generate a prediction with respect to an occurrence of future injury events by: a time of occurrence, a location and frequency of occurrence, and demographics with respect to an employee likely to be prone to the future injury events.
- the following block sequence of steps illustrates the process for predicting future workplace injury events:
- Block 202 represents historical injury event data 202 recorded in a centralized system.
- Historical injury event data 202 comprises enterprise HR data and incident records data.
- Block 207 enables a process for using historical incident data to identify various incident types and predict an occurrence rate for the a next specified month period by enabling a text analytics process with respect to incident text for extraction of keywords describing an incident.
- Block 209 performs a hierarchical clustering process with respect to incident keywords (via usage of Ward's method) to obtain a set of distinct incident types defined by incident description text.
- Block 211 executes a set of time series models for each incident cluster type to predict a rate of future occurrence for each incident type.
- Block 214 uses historic enterprise HR data to evaluate worked man hours for each employee by month and year. Time series models are enabled to predict productive man hours per a next specified month period. Additionally, the historic enterprise HR data and incident data are used to extract a demographic pattern of occurrence for various incident types. A random forest model is used (in block 218 ) to extract important demographic features followed by an aggregation and isolation process with respect to a frequency of occurrence of each incident type for a selected feature vector.
- Block 220 executes a clustering algorithm to cluster demographic attributes by occurrence of frequencies across all identified incident types.
- Block 224 extracts demographic profiles of an active population and predicts a cluster id for an associated demographic profile.
- Block 228 normalizes a cluster level prediction by evaluating a proportional contribution of a demographic feature vector with respect to each incident type. Additionally, all models are combined to predict an incident type, a rate, and a detailed analytical model with respect to employee demographic features.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by prescriptive engine module 107 b of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- the following block sequence of steps illustrates the process for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events:
- Block 310 retrieves predicted output data 302 (from predictive engine module 107 a of FIG. 1 ) and active employee related data 304 and illustrates employees at two differing locations with respect to an indication related to what type of workplace injury events are more likely to occur at the two differing locations.
- Block 312 computes a productivity loss and additional injury claims costs expected to be incurred by an organization due to predicted future workplace injury events for each type.
- Block 308 represents a business strategy and operations data input outlining: a set of actions for reducing injury risks, a cost to an organization for each action, and business targets for productivity and injury rates.
- Block 314 represents an optimization model for computing an optimal action for mitigating an injury risk by generating recommended actions for correcting root causes for workplace injury events resulting in a maximal gain in productivity at a minimal cost of action.
- a workplace supervisor may act on the recommended actions a user interface.
- Block 318 represents an injury management decision unit for managing executed actions with respect to business constraints and budget issues.
- Block 320 represents an engine for computing an adjusted risk with respect to an executed action for eliminating a cause of an injury.
- Block 324 computes a realized return on investment for a selected action the realized return is computed with respect to reduced injury rates due to executing a risk mitigation action. Additionally, the optimization model (of block 314 ) continues to re-evaluate a next best action using realized returns data, past executed actions, predicted injury risks by region, business targets, and a leftover allocated budget.
- FIG. 4A illustrates a GUI interface 402 enabled by predictive engine module 107 a of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- GUI interface 402 is enabled to present (to a supervisor via a handheld device) location wise injury ratings 408 . Additionally, GUI interface 402 is enabled to present a clickable view portion 408 a that presents an injury frequency by injury type at a selected location. GUI interface 402 is further enabled to present a portion 408 b illustrating how injury ratings have changed over time and predicted ratings at any selected location. Furthermore, GUI interface 402 is enabled to present a portion 408 c illustrating injury types that make up an overall injury rating and associated prominent injury types.
- FIG. 4B illustrates a GUI interface 404 enabled by predictive engine module 107 a of FIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- GUI interface 404 is enabled to present (to a supervisor via a handheld device) an entire organization's predicted injury heat map including various portions categorized by employee demographic attributes such as, inter alia, age, salary grade, work department, etc.
- Clickable view portion 404 a i.e., enabled by clicking a location on the map
- Differing sizes of geometrical portions 409 a . . . 409 n indicate a size of an associated population impacted by the injuries. Additionally, various colors or shading may indicate differing severity levels.
- FIG. 5A illustrates a GUI interface 508 enabled by prescriptive engine module 107 b of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- GUI interface 508 is enabled via selection of a zip code in GUI interface 404 (of FIG. 4B ).
- GUI interface 508 zooms into an area 507 mapped by the zip code.
- a viewer is presented with top incidents 511 by month and their respective ratings.
- Previous inspection notes 514 may be displayed and a list of recommended actions to choose from to fix a root cause of injuries is presented via GUI interface 508 .
- FIG. 5B illustrates a GUI interface 510 enabled by prescriptive engine module 107 b of FIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- GUI interface 510 illustrates an impact with respect to an injury rating post correcting an injury root cause. Inspection notes 519 may be updated.
- An LTIFR value 521 may be presented in another color to illustrate a post AC repair action causing stress related injuries at the location.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled by system 100 of FIG. 1 for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- Each of the steps in the algorithm of FIG. 6 may be enabled and executed in any order by a computer processor executing computer code.
- step 600 a plurality of workplace injury based events (associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment) are monitored by a centralized server via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices.
- the plurality of workplace injury based events may include, inter alia, body stress events, motor vehicle accident related events, bodily injury related events, medical condition related events, biological factor related events, mental stress related events, chemical accident related events, heat related events, etc.
- current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events is stored.
- predicted future workplace injury based events (associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment) are generating based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events.
- Identifying the event type may include:
- Extracting the demographics pattern may include:
- step 608 injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events are generated based on the predicted future workplace injury based events.
- step 610 a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions is generated based the injury risk mitigating actions.
- a process for generating the injury risk mitigation actions may include executing a integer linear program to extract a prioritized list of risk mitigation actions from a list comprising the distinct injury type signatures. Executing the integer linear program may be based on: a predicted frequency, severity, and expected loss per event of each injury signature; an estimated cost of injury risk mitigation steps for each injury signature; and a process for maximizing a return on investment for each injury signature.
- step 612 the injury risk mitigating actions and the cost optimized reduction plan are transmitted to a mobile device executing an interactive spatio-temporal application for presentation to a user.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system 90 (e.g., data warehouse system 102 , analytical computing system 104 , monitor system 109 , or user interface system 108 of FIG. 1 ) used by or comprised by system 100 of FIG. 1 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- a computer system 90 e.g., data warehouse system 102 , analytical computing system 104 , monitor system 109 , or user interface system 108 of FIG. 1
- system 100 of FIG. 1 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.”
- the present invention may be a system, a method, and/or a computer program product.
- the computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium (or media) having computer readable program instructions thereon for causing a processor to carry out aspects of the present invention.
- the computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that can retain and store instructions for use by an instruction execution device.
- the computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
- a non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of the computer readable storage medium includes the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such as punch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructions recorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing.
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read-only memory
- EPROM or Flash memory erasable programmable read-only memory
- SRAM static random access memory
- CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
- DVD digital versatile disk
- memory stick a floppy disk
- a mechanically encoded device such as punch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructions recorded thereon
- a computer readable storage medium is not to be construed as being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulses passing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through a wire.
- Computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded to respective computing/processing devices from a computer readable storage medium or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network and/or a wireless network.
- the network may comprise copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers.
- a network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing apparatus receives computer readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium within the respective computing/processing device.
- Computer readable program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, or either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++ or the like, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages.
- the computer readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server.
- the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).
- electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logic circuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), or programmable logic arrays (PLA) may execute the computer readable program instructions by utilizing state information of the computer readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, in order to perform aspects of the present invention.
- These computer readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
- These computer readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can direct a computer, a programmable data processing device, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
- the computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing device, or other device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable device or other device to produce a computer implemented process, such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable device, or other device implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
- each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s).
- the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures.
- two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved.
- the computer system 90 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a processor 91 , an input device 92 coupled to the processor 91 , an output device 93 coupled to the processor 91 , and memory devices 94 and 95 each coupled to the processor 91 .
- the input device 92 may be, inter alia, a keyboard, a mouse, a camera, a touchscreen, etc.
- the output device 93 may be, inter alia, a printer, a plotter, a computer screen, a magnetic tape, a removable hard disk, a floppy disk, etc.
- the memory devices 94 and 95 may be, inter alia, a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic tape, an optical storage such as a compact disc (CD) or a digital video disc (DVD), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), etc.
- the memory device 95 includes a computer code 97 .
- the computer code 97 includes algorithms (e.g., the algorithms of FIGS. 2 and 3 ) for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks.
- the processor 91 executes the computer code 97 .
- the memory device 94 includes input data 96 .
- the input data 96 includes input required by the computer code 97 .
- the output device 93 displays output from the computer code 97 .
- Either or both memory devices 94 and 95 may include the algorithms of FIGS. 2 and 3 and may be used as a computer usable medium (or a computer readable medium or a program storage device) having a computer readable program code embodied therein and/or having other data stored therein, wherein the computer readable program code includes the computer code 97 .
- a computer program product (or, alternatively, an article of manufacture) of the computer system 90 may include the computer usable medium (or the program storage device).
- stored computer program code 84 may be stored on a static, nonremovable, read-only storage medium such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM) device 85 , or may be accessed by processor 91 directly from such a static, nonremovable, read-only medium 85 .
- stored computer program code 84 may be stored as computer-readable firmware 85 , or may be accessed by processor 91 directly from such firmware 85 , rather than from a more dynamic or removable hardware data-storage device 95 , such as a hard drive or optical disc.
- any of the components of the present invention could be created, integrated, hosted, maintained, deployed, managed, serviced, etc. by a service supplier who offers to enable a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks.
- the present invention discloses a process for deploying, creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and/or integrating computing infrastructure, including integrating computer-readable code into the computer system 90 , wherein the code in combination with the computer system 90 is capable of performing a method for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks.
- the invention provides a business method that performs the process steps of the invention on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.
- a service supplier such as a Solution Integrator
- the service supplier can create, maintain, support, etc. a computer infrastructure that performs the process steps of the invention for one or more customers.
- the service supplier can receive payment from the customer(s) under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or the service supplier can receive payment from the sale of advertising content to one or more third parties.
- FIG. 5 shows the computer system 90 as a particular configuration of hardware and software
- any configuration of hardware and software may be utilized for the purposes stated supra in conjunction with the particular computer system 90 of FIG. 5 .
- the memory devices 94 and 95 may be portions of a single memory device rather than separate memory devices.
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- This application is a continuation application claiming priority to Ser. No. 14/811,950 filed Jul. 29, 2015, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates generally to a method for identifying critical risk factors and in particular to a method and associated system for identifying and managing critical risk factors impacting workplace health and safety.
- Determining workplace safety issues typically includes an inaccurate process with little flexibility. Resolving safety issues may include a complicated process that may be time consuming and require a large amount of resources. A typical safety monitoring process may not take into account all related factors and therefore is unable to execute appropriate corrective actions. Accordingly, there exists a need in the art to overcome at least some of the deficiencies and limitations described herein above.
- A first aspect of the invention provides a workplace risk factor identification method comprising: monitoring, by a computer processor of a centralized server via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor based the injury risk mitigating actions, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions.
- A second aspect of the invention provides a centralized server comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, the memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a workplace risk factor identification method comprising: monitoring, by the computer processor via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor based the injury risk mitigating actions, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions.
- A third aspect of the invention provides a computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a centralized server implements a workplace risk factor identification method, the method comprising: monitoring, by the computer processor via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices, a plurality of workplace injury based events associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment; storing, by the computer processor within the centralized server, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events; generating, by the computer processor based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events, predicted future workplace injury based events associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment; generating, by the computer processor based on the predicted future workplace injury based events, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events; and generating, by the computer processor based the injury risk mitigating actions, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions.
- The present invention advantageously provides a simple method and associated system capable of determining workplace safety issues.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a workplace risk factor identification system for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by the predictive engine module ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled by the prescriptive engine module ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 4A illustrates a first GUI interface output enabled by the predictive engine module ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 4B illustrates a second GUI interface output enabled by the predictive engine module ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 5A illustrates a first GUI interface output enabled by the prescriptive engine module ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 5B illustrates a second GUI interface output enabled by the prescriptive engine module ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled by the system ofFIG. 1 for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system used by or comprised by the system ofFIG. 1 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 1 illustrates a workplace riskfactor identification system 100 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.System 100 comprises components enabling a process that includes active monitoring and recording of: workplace injury events, a type of injury, a demographic profile of individuals involved with the injury, and associated productivity loss/costs.System 100 additionally predicts future injury events/risks including, inter alia, a timing of an injury, an injury type, a work location, propensity scores, and associated demographics using a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytical model that combines multiple time series and clustering models each generated in a different scale in space and time.System 100 uses the predicted risks to prescribe an investment budget for mitigating predicted injury risks via usage of a cost of injury model.System 100 additionally enables anend user 114 to manage workplace risks via an interactive spatio-temporal visualization engine feeding directly into an associated mobile device. -
System 100 ofFIG. 1 includesdata warehouse system 102 connected through anetwork 7 to ananalytical computing system 104 and auser interface system 108. Additionally,data warehouse system 102 may comprise (internally) or be connected to amonitor system 109 comprising multiple differing sensors. Each ofdata warehouse system 102,analytical computing system 104,monitor system 109, anduser interface system 108 may comprise or be comprised by an embedded controller. An embedded controller is defined herein as a computer comprising a dedicated functionality that enables various system tasks that an operating system does not handle. An embedded controller may include specific internal dedicated hardware such as a microcontroller (a CPU comprising integrated memory and peripherals), internal integrated sensors, (i.e., dedicated monitoring hardware), and internal integrated GPS hardware. Additionally, an embedded controller may include its own RAM and flash ROM for its own internal software. Each ofdata warehouse system 102,analytical computing system 104, monitor system, anduser interface system 108 may include a CPU, dedicated monitoring hardware, and a memory system. Thememory system 8 may include a single memory system. Alternatively, the memory system may include a plurality of memory systems.Network 7 may include any type of network including, inter alia, a local area network, (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, a wireless network, etc. -
Monitor system 109 comprises sensors for monitoring workplace injury events. The workplace injury events may be monitored via a plurality of sensing devices including, inter alia, RFID sensors for identification, video camera based sensors for automatically recording the workplace injury events (for performing a root cause analysis), and mobile device type sensors for near real time reporting of the injury events. All monitored or reported workplace injury events are stored in a data warehouse 102 (e.g., a centralized server) for further analysis with respect to tagging events that resulted in loss time. Workplace injury events may include, inter alia, body stressing related injuries, traffic accident related injuries, hitting objects with a part of the body related injuries, illness/medical condition related injuries, biological factor related injuries, mental stress related injuries, fall related injuries, ergonomic related injuries, chemical related injuries, heat related injuries, etc. The workplace injury events may be associated or correlated with employee demographics, a location of a workplace, activities at a workplace, etc.Data ware house 102 stores all data related to time and type of incident, demographics of the employee, loss time, SME review report of the incident, etc. -
Analytical computing system 104 comprises ananalytical engine 107 comprising apredictive engine module 107 a and aprescriptive engine module 107 b.Predictive engine module 107 a enables a process for predicting future workplace injury events by analyzing historic injury event data stored indata warehouse 102. The historic injury event data is ingested by a centralized processing unit (of analytical computing system 104) andpredictive engine module 107 a is executed to create a prediction with respect to an occurrence of future workplace injury events. The predicted future workplace injury events are sorted based on: a time of occurrence, a location and frequency of an occurrence, demographics of the employee with respect to being prone to workplace injury events, and a severity of workplace injury events.Prescriptive engine module 107 b is enabled to prescribe injury risk mitigation actions. The predicted and sorted future workplace injury events (i.e., generated and sorted bypredictive engine module 107 a) comprise an input toprescriptive engine module 107 b.Prescriptive engine module 107 b generates as an output: incident risk resolution options, a cost of resolution option, and an expected gain in terms of cost savings from a reduced incident rate. In response, a workplace supervisor may navigate (viauser interface system 108 and/or a mobile device) existing risk resolution steps requiring attention. Additionally, workplace supervisor may prioritize existing risk resolution steps comprising a highest impact. Additionally,system 100 comprises an optimization system for generating a cost optimized risk resolution plan based on a predicted incidents frequency and a severity and the cost of a resolution. -
User interface system 108 comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays all resulting output frompredictive engine module 107 a andprescriptive engine module 107 b. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled bypredictive engine module 107 a ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The process flow detailed with respect toFIG. 2 retrieves historicalinjury event data 202 recorded in a centralized system. In response, a centralized processing unit ingests historicinjury event data 202 to generate a prediction with respect to an occurrence of future injury events by: a time of occurrence, a location and frequency of occurrence, and demographics with respect to an employee likely to be prone to the future injury events. The following block sequence of steps illustrates the process for predicting future workplace injury events: -
Block 202 represents historicalinjury event data 202 recorded in a centralized system. Historicalinjury event data 202 comprises enterprise HR data and incident records data. -
Block 207 enables a process for using historical incident data to identify various incident types and predict an occurrence rate for the a next specified month period by enabling a text analytics process with respect to incident text for extraction of keywords describing an incident. -
Block 209 performs a hierarchical clustering process with respect to incident keywords (via usage of Ward's method) to obtain a set of distinct incident types defined by incident description text.Block 211 executes a set of time series models for each incident cluster type to predict a rate of future occurrence for each incident type. -
Block 214 uses historic enterprise HR data to evaluate worked man hours for each employee by month and year. Time series models are enabled to predict productive man hours per a next specified month period. Additionally, the historic enterprise HR data and incident data are used to extract a demographic pattern of occurrence for various incident types. A random forest model is used (in block 218) to extract important demographic features followed by an aggregation and isolation process with respect to a frequency of occurrence of each incident type for a selected feature vector. -
Block 220 executes a clustering algorithm to cluster demographic attributes by occurrence of frequencies across all identified incident types. Block 224 extracts demographic profiles of an active population and predicts a cluster id for an associated demographic profile.Block 228 normalizes a cluster level prediction by evaluating a proportional contribution of a demographic feature vector with respect to each incident type. Additionally, all models are combined to predict an incident type, a rate, and a detailed analytical model with respect to employee demographic features. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram detailing a process flow enabled byprescriptive engine module 107 b ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The following block sequence of steps illustrates the process for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events: -
Block 310 retrieves predicted output data 302 (frompredictive engine module 107 a ofFIG. 1 ) and active employee relateddata 304 and illustrates employees at two differing locations with respect to an indication related to what type of workplace injury events are more likely to occur at the two differing locations. -
Block 312 computes a productivity loss and additional injury claims costs expected to be incurred by an organization due to predicted future workplace injury events for each type. -
Block 308 represents a business strategy and operations data input outlining: a set of actions for reducing injury risks, a cost to an organization for each action, and business targets for productivity and injury rates. -
Block 314 represents an optimization model for computing an optimal action for mitigating an injury risk by generating recommended actions for correcting root causes for workplace injury events resulting in a maximal gain in productivity at a minimal cost of action. In response, a workplace supervisor may act on the recommended actions a user interface. -
Block 318 represents an injury management decision unit for managing executed actions with respect to business constraints and budget issues. -
Block 320 represents an engine for computing an adjusted risk with respect to an executed action for eliminating a cause of an injury. -
Block 324 computes a realized return on investment for a selected action the realized return is computed with respect to reduced injury rates due to executing a risk mitigation action. Additionally, the optimization model (of block 314) continues to re-evaluate a next best action using realized returns data, past executed actions, predicted injury risks by region, business targets, and a leftover allocated budget. -
FIG. 4A illustrates aGUI interface 402 enabled bypredictive engine module 107 a ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.GUI interface 402 is enabled to present (to a supervisor via a handheld device) locationwise injury ratings 408. Additionally,GUI interface 402 is enabled to present aclickable view portion 408 a that presents an injury frequency by injury type at a selected location.GUI interface 402 is further enabled to present aportion 408 b illustrating how injury ratings have changed over time and predicted ratings at any selected location. Furthermore,GUI interface 402 is enabled to present aportion 408 c illustrating injury types that make up an overall injury rating and associated prominent injury types. -
FIG. 4B illustrates aGUI interface 404 enabled bypredictive engine module 107 a ofFIG. 1 for predicting future workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.GUI interface 404 is enabled to present (to a supervisor via a handheld device) an entire organization's predicted injury heat map including various portions categorized by employee demographic attributes such as, inter alia, age, salary grade, work department, etc.Clickable view portion 404 a (i.e., enabled by clicking a location on the map) presents a location zip code along with predicted injury ratings and the man hours worked at the location. Differing sizes of geometrical portions 409 a . . . 409 n indicate a size of an associated population impacted by the injuries. Additionally, various colors or shading may indicate differing severity levels. -
FIG. 5A illustrates aGUI interface 508 enabled byprescriptive engine module 107 b ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.GUI interface 508 is enabled via selection of a zip code in GUI interface 404 (ofFIG. 4B ).GUI interface 508 zooms into anarea 507 mapped by the zip code. A viewer is presented withtop incidents 511 by month and their respective ratings. Previous inspection notes 514 may be displayed and a list of recommended actions to choose from to fix a root cause of injuries is presented viaGUI interface 508. -
FIG. 5B illustrates aGUI interface 510 enabled byprescriptive engine module 107 b ofFIG. 1 for prescribing injury risk mitigation actions related to workplace injury events, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.GUI interface 510 illustrates an impact with respect to an injury rating post correcting an injury root cause. Inspection notes 519 may be updated. AnLTIFR value 521 may be presented in another color to illustrate a post AC repair action causing stress related injuries at the location. -
FIG. 6 illustrates an algorithm detailing a process flow enabled bysystem 100 ofFIG. 1 for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. Each of the steps in the algorithm ofFIG. 6 may be enabled and executed in any order by a computer processor executing computer code. Instep 600, a plurality of workplace injury based events (associated with a plurality of individuals at a multisite distributed workplace environment) are monitored by a centralized server via execution of multiple geographically distributed sensor devices. The plurality of workplace injury based events may include, inter alia, body stress events, motor vehicle accident related events, bodily injury related events, medical condition related events, biological factor related events, mental stress related events, chemical accident related events, heat related events, etc. Instep 602, current injury data describing the plurality of workplace injury based events is stored. Instep 604, predicted future workplace injury based events (associated with future workplace injury based events with respect to a predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment) are generating based on the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data describing previously retrieved historical workplace injury based events. The predicted future workplace injury based events may be generated with respect to future times of occurrence, future locations and frequencies of occurrence, and demographics with respect to the predicted plurality of individuals at the multisite distributed workplace environment. Generating the predicted future workplace injury based events may include: - 1. Identifying event types associated with the predicted future workplace injury based events.
2. Predicting hours worked by the individuals with respect to a month and a year.
3. Extracting (from the current injury data and previously retrieved injury data) a demographics pattern with respect to occurrences of the event types. - Identifying the event type may include:
- 1. Executing a text analytics process and a hierarchal clustering process with respect to the current injury data to identify distinct injury type signatures.
2. Evaluating a probabilistic map with respect to an injury signature of the injury type signatures that is associated with the demographics pattern via a series of classification processes.
3. Computing a severity or loss time impact of each injury signature of the distinct injury type signatures.
4. Identifying a root cause with respect to each injury signature via a text analytics process applied to an injury log.
5. Reviewing information associated with the root cause.
6. Executing a set of time series models to predict an incident rate with respect to the injury type signatures. - Extracting the demographics pattern may include:
- 1. Executing a random forest model with respect to extracting important demographic features of the individuals.
2. Isolating a frequency of occurrence with respect to each event type based on a selected feature vector.
3. Executing a clustering algorithm to cluster the predicted future workplace injury based events based on a frequency of occurrence across the event types. - In
step 608, injury risk mitigating actions associated with prevention of the predicted future workplace injury based events are generated based on the predicted future workplace injury based events. Instep 610, a cost optimized reduction plan for prioritized implementation of the injury risk mitigating actions is generated based the injury risk mitigating actions. A process for generating the injury risk mitigation actions may include executing a integer linear program to extract a prioritized list of risk mitigation actions from a list comprising the distinct injury type signatures. Executing the integer linear program may be based on: a predicted frequency, severity, and expected loss per event of each injury signature; an estimated cost of injury risk mitigation steps for each injury signature; and a process for maximizing a return on investment for each injury signature. Instep 612, the injury risk mitigating actions and the cost optimized reduction plan are transmitted to a mobile device executing an interactive spatio-temporal application for presentation to a user. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system 90 (e.g.,data warehouse system 102,analytical computing system 104,monitor system 109, oruser interface system 108 ofFIG. 1 ) used by or comprised bysystem 100 ofFIG. 1 for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. - Aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” or “system.”
- The present invention may be a system, a method, and/or a computer program product. The computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium (or media) having computer readable program instructions thereon for causing a processor to carry out aspects of the present invention.
- The computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that can retain and store instructions for use by an instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of the computer readable storage medium includes the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such as punch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructions recorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construed as being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulses passing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through a wire.
- Computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded to respective computing/processing devices from a computer readable storage medium or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network and/or a wireless network. The network may comprise copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing apparatus receives computer readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium within the respective computing/processing device.
- Computer readable program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, or either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++ or the like, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages. The computer readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider). In some embodiments, electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logic circuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), or programmable logic arrays (PLA) may execute the computer readable program instructions by utilizing state information of the computer readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, in order to perform aspects of the present invention.
- Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, device (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer readable program instructions.
- These computer readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can direct a computer, a programmable data processing device, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
- The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing device, or other device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable device or other device to produce a computer implemented process, such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable device, or other device implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
- The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or acts or carry out combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
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computer system 90 illustrated inFIG. 5 includes aprocessor 91, aninput device 92 coupled to theprocessor 91, anoutput device 93 coupled to theprocessor 91, andmemory devices processor 91. Theinput device 92 may be, inter alia, a keyboard, a mouse, a camera, a touchscreen, etc. Theoutput device 93 may be, inter alia, a printer, a plotter, a computer screen, a magnetic tape, a removable hard disk, a floppy disk, etc. Thememory devices memory device 95 includes acomputer code 97. Thecomputer code 97 includes algorithms (e.g., the algorithms ofFIGS. 2 and 3 ) for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks. Theprocessor 91 executes thecomputer code 97. Thememory device 94 includesinput data 96. Theinput data 96 includes input required by thecomputer code 97. Theoutput device 93 displays output from thecomputer code 97. Either or bothmemory devices 94 and 95 (or one or more additional memory devices Such as read only memory device 96) may include the algorithms ofFIGS. 2 and 3 and may be used as a computer usable medium (or a computer readable medium or a program storage device) having a computer readable program code embodied therein and/or having other data stored therein, wherein the computer readable program code includes thecomputer code 97. Generally, a computer program product (or, alternatively, an article of manufacture) of thecomputer system 90 may include the computer usable medium (or the program storage device). - In some embodiments, rather than being stored and accessed from a hard drive, optical disc or other writeable, rewriteable, or removable
hardware memory device 95, stored computer program code 84 (e.g., including the algorithms ofFIGS. 2-3 ) may be stored on a static, nonremovable, read-only storage medium such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM) device 85, or may be accessed byprocessor 91 directly from such a static, nonremovable, read-only medium 85. Similarly, in some embodiments, stored computer program code 84 may be stored as computer-readable firmware 85, or may be accessed byprocessor 91 directly from such firmware 85, rather than from a more dynamic or removable hardware data-storage device 95, such as a hard drive or optical disc. - Still yet, any of the components of the present invention could be created, integrated, hosted, maintained, deployed, managed, serviced, etc. by a service supplier who offers to enable a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks. Thus the present invention discloses a process for deploying, creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and/or integrating computing infrastructure, including integrating computer-readable code into the
computer system 90, wherein the code in combination with thecomputer system 90 is capable of performing a method for enabling a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks. In another embodiment, the invention provides a business method that performs the process steps of the invention on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis. That is, a service supplier, such as a Solution Integrator, could offer to enable a process for automatically performing a multi-scale spatiotemporal analytics process for monitoring, visualization, prediction, and prescriptive management of workplace safety risks. In this case, the service supplier can create, maintain, support, etc. a computer infrastructure that performs the process steps of the invention for one or more customers. In return, the service supplier can receive payment from the customer(s) under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or the service supplier can receive payment from the sale of advertising content to one or more third parties. - While
FIG. 5 shows thecomputer system 90 as a particular configuration of hardware and software, any configuration of hardware and software, as would be known to a person of ordinary skill in the art, may be utilized for the purposes stated supra in conjunction with theparticular computer system 90 ofFIG. 5 . For example, thememory devices - While embodiments of the present invention have been described herein for purposes of illustration, many modifications and changes will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to encompass all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.
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